Ministry of Divinities

{{Short description|Japanese government agency}}

{{Infobox organization

| formation = 1871

| predecessor = Department of Divinities

| successor = Ministry of Religion

| dissolved = 1872

}}

The {{Nihongo|Ministry of Divinities|神祇省|Jingisho}}{{Cite web |title=About Japan: A Teacher's Resource {{!}} Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan {{!}} Japan Society |url=https://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/timeline_of_religion_and_nationalism#sthash.qYs6daU9.dpbs |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=aboutjapan.japansociety.org}}{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/shinto-9780190621711?cc=us&lang=en& |title=Shinto: A History |date=2016-12-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-062171-1 |location=Oxford, New York}}{{Cite web |title=Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: K |url=https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_K.html#kyobusho |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp}} was an government organization of the Empire of Japan established on September 22, 1871 which lasted until April 21, 1872, replacing the Department of Divinities, which had been in charge of rituals and administration of the Shinto gods since the Ritsuryo system.

The move from a Department to a Ministry was intended as a downgrade in its importance.

The ministry sought to help the Proclamation of the Great Doctrine.

It was quickly changed into the Ministry of Religion.